Irish Boy Needs a Name
I have reached the point of desperation in the naming of this child where a once very independent thinker (that's me) who didn't want input from ANYONE (that would be you) is reaching out for suggestions.
A little history...Casey and I honeymooning in lush, green Ireland, stopped in a quaint little town and I went into a shop while Casey got gas. I saw a small "Irish Book of Baby Names" and thought I'd get it as a souvenir. As we drove along the winding roads, up and down the breath-taking hillsides, we thumbed through the book and picked out names that we liked. In Sharpie inside the front cover, we wrote: Maggie and Rory. They have always been the names of our children.
Baby number 3 will make his or her appearance in 2 and a half months and I don't know what name we will bestow upon this child for the REST of his or her life! This whole "not knowing" process has been neat but it's made me stress twice as hard about what the name will be because I must be prepared for either. I have a few girl names I like but with the boy, I'm baffled.
So...I'm tossing it out to you.
Can you think of some good Irish sounding boy names?
Help.
A little history...Casey and I honeymooning in lush, green Ireland, stopped in a quaint little town and I went into a shop while Casey got gas. I saw a small "Irish Book of Baby Names" and thought I'd get it as a souvenir. As we drove along the winding roads, up and down the breath-taking hillsides, we thumbed through the book and picked out names that we liked. In Sharpie inside the front cover, we wrote: Maggie and Rory. They have always been the names of our children.
Baby number 3 will make his or her appearance in 2 and a half months and I don't know what name we will bestow upon this child for the REST of his or her life! This whole "not knowing" process has been neat but it's made me stress twice as hard about what the name will be because I must be prepared for either. I have a few girl names I like but with the boy, I'm baffled.
So...I'm tossing it out to you.
Can you think of some good Irish sounding boy names?
Help.
posted by Carly O'Quinn at
9:59 PM
12 Comments:
How did you put up that baby countdown thing? That is so cute and I want to copy!!
Sullivan is my vote...Sullivan Stone O'Quinn...like it! After you get some more suggestions, you should put them all together and do a poll.
I think you are having a girl. If no boys names are coming to you - then you are haivng a girl. Worked one me!
I really like Sullivan Stone too! But I did a little google search, and I'm sure you've come across all of these, but these were a few I liked... Brady, Brodie, Cassidy, Darby, and Grady. All in keeping with the -y sound of y'alls names. :)
Padraig - Irish version of Patrick
Seamus - Irish version of James
Malachi - "messenger of God"
Darcy
Finn
or, of course my favorite:
Huck
Ohh, I like Darby and Grady too.
I love Brodie and Brady.
We've always loved Brady and Brody!!!!! But, I still love Huck!!!!!
I still Love Finn and Sullivan...those are my top picks!
It goes without saying that I prefer Sean as a great Irish name (even though we are Scottish--hey, we look Irish!). Common, but not too common. My friend Erin's girls are Fallon and Quinn, in case you need any other Irish girl ideas.
I like Grady and Sullivan...Sully is SO cute!
We were having a very hard time deciding also (we only have 17 days left!) so we did what they did in Acts: we drew lots. We wrote down several names that we liked, put them in a prayer box and prayed over them for several days. We believed that whatever name we picked out of the box was the name God had planned for our child. It was a beautiful thing for our family.
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